Site layout and surveying

All of the following site layout tasks may be done by Carpenter except the layout of

• Primary control points

• Footings and foundation’s

• Embedded items

• Property lines or boundaries

The term cutting a foot means

• Shortening a a measurement to compensate for tape expansion

• Pacing of a distance

• Starting the measurement at the one foot line on the tape

• Removing 12 inches from the tape to use for fine measurements

A dashed or broken contour line shown on a plot plan normally represents

• The finished grade to be achieved after construction

• An indexing contour

• The existing grade

• A contour that is parallel to the direction of the slope

Herbs are normally used to mark all of the following control points except

• Secondary control points

• Primary control points

• Working control points

• Building layout points

All of the following entries below are recommended practices for making information on steaks except

• Mark the main information opposite direction of use

• Use capital letters

• Avoid the use of abbreviations when possible

• Right from top to bottom

All of the following objects are commonly used as a reference for a control point except

• The corner of a building

• A power pole

• A rock

• A fire hydrant

When using a calibrated 75 foot tape, you measure a distance of 375. Expressed in terms of tape lengths, this distance is __________ tape links

• 3.75

• 5.00

• 7.50

• 375.00

The main difference between a builders level and a transit is that a builders level__________

• Does not have a leveling vail

• Cannot be used to measure vertical angles

• Does not have a graduated horizontal circle scale

• Has a Vernier scale

The actual distance between two existing points is 400 feet if you use a 100 foot normal tape calibrated to be 99.95 feet long to measure the distance between the two points the distance you will measure is

• 399.20

• 399.80

• 400.00

• 400.20